Bihar Assembly Election 2020: 54 percent voting for 71 seats in the first phase

The first phase of voting for the Assembly elections in Bihar has ended.In the first phase, a total of 1066 candidates, including 952 men and 114 women, were in the fray, out of which eight ministers were also trying their luck, 54.1 per cent in 71 seats till 7 pm. Voting took place. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that till 5 pm, 52.24 percent polling was done. He said that till this time in the year 2015, 54.94 percent people had voted in the first phase. The Lok Sabha election saw 53.54 percent polling. He said that polling was held in three assembly constituencies till 3 pm and in five assembly constituencies till 5 pm, polling in all other areas lasted till 6 pm.